JOPLIN, Mo. — Our American Heart Month coverage wraps up tonight with a look at some of the most deadly cardiovascular issues and how they’re treated at the level one STEMI center at Freeman “We ...

Durham, NC - An initial dose of 162-mg aspirin may be as effective as and perhaps safer than 325 mg for the acute treatment of ST-elevation MI (STEMI), a new study suggests [1]. The study, published ...

A new study finds that patients who suffer a STEMI heart attack while hospitalized are 10 times more likely to die than patients who suffer a STEMI outside the hospital. If you suffer a heart attack ...

Let me explain. The State of Idaho developed the Time Sensitive Emergency (TSE) system to address these top three preventable causes of death. This collaborative approach includes hospitals, emergency ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains highly prevalent in the Indian population, with Indians facing a three-four times ...

October 26, 2011 (Vancouver, British Columbia) — A pitched effort by the Quebec Ministry of Health to understand how STEMI care is managed — and possibly mismanaged — in that province should serve as ...

The risk of dying over the next decade for STEMI patients who survive the first 90 days after primary PCI is just a few percentage points higher than people in the general population, an observational ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with STEMI treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention, undergoing PCI for chronic total ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The issue of informed consent timing for participants in interventional studies came under scrutiny at the ...

For the management of ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI), international guidelines recommend primary percutaneous coronary intervention with adjunctive antithrombotic therapy, ...

Even when the estimated transfer time is less than an hour, 1 in 3 US STEMI patients referred to another center for primary PCI do not meet the recommended first door-to-device goal of 120 minutes or ...

The role of the two most valuable strategies to save the lives of ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) patients has been a hot topic among experts of late: primary percutaneous coronary ...